ReelzChannel Picks Up 'Pillars Of The Earth'

ReelzChannel has picked up nine-part miniseries The Pillars of the Earth, which will premiere on the channel Dec. 4. This is the second U.S. window for the mini following its run on Starz last summer. Based on Ken Follett’s book, Pillars stars Ian McShane, Rufus Sewell and Donald Sutherland and was produced by Tandem Communications and Muse Entertainment in association with Ridley Scott and Tony Scott’s Scott Free Films. This is the second miniseries to air on Reelz following The Kennedys. Both are nominated in the best TV movie/miniseries Emmy category this year.

8 Comments

Great book. Maybe one day the mini-series will air on one of the 1000 channels that i already have.

stephanie peterson • on Aug 30, 2011 3:03 pm

Both great projects…now do something original and make your own mark. Alot of talent at Reelz. take a gamble.

Andrea • on Aug 30, 2011 3:43 pm

If it performs well, can Reelz pick up Ken Follett’s World Without End mini which is currently in production and doesn’t have a US broadcaster yet?

TVwatcher • on Aug 30, 2011 5:59 pm

If only this show hadn’t been so atrociously bad.

Roger C. • on Aug 30, 2011 8:48 pm

This show was not bad at all. You needed to take some time to understand what was going on. Once it makes sense, it’s a great show. You just weren’t paying attention TVwatcher.

douwe • on Aug 31, 2011 12:00 am

I had to watch this because of Ken Follett and Ian McShane ! It is a weighty Series , but be warned , Reelz Viewers may find it very dark ! So if you like Deadwood , you should like this too , and it is classical in nature with a very good British Cast . Donald Sutherland had too short a role , and it would have been nice to see have seen Kiefer , maybe in the sequel !

Samuel L. Bronkowitz • on Aug 31, 2011 1:52 am

Ken Follett’s Night Over Water was apparently so filthy, my grandfather dropped it in the bin.

It’s on my to-read list.

facetedjewel • on Sep 1, 2011 8:01 am

Those may have been stars *in* the series, but they were not the stars *of* the series. Sewell and Sutherland die off early on. The stars of The Pillars of the Earth were Eddie Redmayne, Ian McShane, and Matthew Macfadyen. They did all the heavy lifting; they should get the credit.